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Britain’s last First World War veteran shuns Remembrance Day

Britain’s last surviving First World War veteran has shunned Remembrance Day commemorations in Australia because he does not agree with the glorification of war, his family has said.

In July Claude Choules, 108, became Britain’s sole survivor from the 1914-1918 war, following the death of Harry Patch, aged 111.

Mr Choules, who lives in a nursing home in Perth, served on HMS Revenge during a 41-year naval career that spanned both world wars, witnessing the surrender of the German Imperial Navy in 1918 and the scuttling of the fleet in Scapa Flow.

But his daughter Daphne Edinger said he had been scarred by his experiences and chose not to celebrate the Armistice or other veterans’ days.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)